Friday, April 27, 2012

Lounge Milonguero Apr 27: Gustavo & Maria, Susana Miller & Johnny


Tango Lounge Milonguero Edition


$12 / $10 student, includes classes at 8.30

DanceSport, 22 West 34th Street, 4th floor, New York.

Tonight, performances with

Maria Olivera & Gustavo Benzecry Saba
Susana Miller & Johnny Tablada

Class by Jennifer Wesnousky (intermediate) and Paul Pellicoro (beginners)

Tango Lounge this week is part of the 
NYC Milonguero Weekend
Friday-Sunday April 27-29 2012 in New York City
Our world-renowned guest artists from Buenos Aires are unparallelled in knowledge, experience and entertainment: 
 Susana Miller 
 Gustavo Benzecry Saba & Maria Olivera  
 Oscar Casas & Ana Miguel 
Workshops in tango, milonga and vals for pre-intermediate to advanced tangueros, plus two great milongas with performances. A fun, relaxed weekend for dancing, sharing, making new friends and embracing old ones. All in celebration of the Milonguero style. 
Registration is open, and rolling nicely. Space is limited and classes will be small.
A full pass (6 classes + 2 milongas) is yours for $170; a half pass $110 (online).
Per-class classes available now $36 online.
Couples discount.
Don't have a partner (yet)? Register now so we can balance each class and make sure everybody is partnered up.

You don't need a partner but if you prefer to team up, you can find one like this:

We reserve the right to limit walk-ins depending on class size and gender balance.
We will rotate (optional for couples).


Tango Lounge Milonguero Edition!
Friday April 27 DanceSport 22 W 34th St. With full bar
with performance by Gustavo & Maria, Susana & Johnny, and DJ Tine Herreman
Otra Milonga Milonguero Edition!
Saturday April 28 at the Basic Ballroom 335 W 36th St, 5th floor. BYOB ok
with performance by Oscar & Ana and DJ Yesim la Turca .
All workshops will be at Stepping Out Studios and Chelsea Studios on West 26th Street (1 block between the two locations).
Schedule and registration at 
Who is coming?
The NYC Milonguero Weekend is hosted by the dynamic duo of Tine Herreman and Sarah La Rocca. We are very excited !


More about our stars...


Susana Miller
Susana Miller is the most prominent teacher in the world of the “milonguero” style of tango or what Argentines call “apilado”. This style is danced in the crowded clubs of central Buenos Aires. It is strictly a social style that emphasizes musicality and the connection between partners. Susana has researched and studied the dancing of the older milongueros, each of whom has created their unique style of tango. She has been able to decipher their distinct vocablularies and choreographic combinations, and is gifted in her ability to convey these to students.
Susana encourages students to employ more rhythm in their dance, to discover their own dance vocabularies, and to learn how to shape and shrink these in space. For women, she encourages active following, in which the woman interprets the messages that the leader's body and the spirit are sending. Clarin, the major Buenos Aires daily paper, called her one of the four most important influences on contemporary tango, along with Miguel Angel Zotto, Gustavo Naveira and Gerardo Portalea.
Susana is a native of Buenos Aires and has been dancing and teaching tango since the late 1980s revival of social tango. She founded and operates her own tango academy in Buenos Aires, and is the owner of one of Buenos Aires'most popular tango club, El Beso. She has made annual teaching tours to the United States and Europe since 1994. She will facilitate students' improvement of posture, axis, grounding, breathing, balance and sensitivity to the lead and follow roles. She aims to encourage dancers to develop their own unique improvisational styles through knowledge of the music, space and body. Her classes will emphasize step quality and rhythm. Rather than predetermined patterns, she will impart a choreographic vocabulary that allows dancers to creatively shape their own language.




Maria Olivera & Gustavo Benzecry Sabá
Gustavo Benzecry Sabá was born in Buenos Aires and raised in Palermo area. He came to Tango at the end of the 1990’s. His experience as a teacher in other fields allowed him to trespass the limits of showing  “movements” to place himself as a reference of Tango dance not only as a physical activity but moreover as a philosophy.
He teaches regular classes at Salón Canning and Workshops in several milongas of Buenos Aires, as well as Workshops and lectures in the US and Europe, where he takes part of international tango meetings and Festivals.
As a dancer, Gustavo stands out for his agility and most of all for his endless creativity, which he bases in the ability of dominating the techniques and exploring the possibilities he’s being offered through the embrace and the release of the emotions.
Maria Olivera was born in Buenos Aires and raised in San Telmo, within a family of “tangueros”. When she was in her twenties she felt inspired by her deep love for the music and the poetry of her childhood and decided to start dancing it. She first studied with Gustavo, and soon after she became his assistant in class and later on his partner. Her method combines the passion and love for the dance with a deep knowledge about anatomy and kinetics that she acquired from other disciplines such us yoga, stretching and Pilates. Maria regularly teaches at Salón Canning and leads Workshops in other milongas and dance studios of the city. She also tours the world being part of Seminars, Festivals and performances.
Her hallmark as a dancer is the Speedy and expressiveness of her feet, which she combines with the elegance of her walking and posture.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

April 20: Monica Paz !



Join your friends at Tango Lounge this week for a class with Monica Paz and a performance by Monica and Steve Cook!


8.30pm classes included with admission:
Upper Level Class by Monica Paz
Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky
Beginners with Paul Pellicoro

Performance by Monica and Steve Cook around midnight.

DJ Tine

More about our stars...

Mónica Paz received a specialized educational in tango, thus making her one of the very few instructors of tango with an academic training. Because of her didactics, pedagogy and vast experience as a teacher and as a dancer, she is highly recognized in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Washington DC, New York, New Jersey (the USA), The Hague (Holland), Antwerp (Belgium) among others cities where frequently she is invited to offer classes, workshops and performances of tango.
Mónica has a vast teaching experience as follower and leader. She has developed an effective basic method of teaching, both for followers and for leaders, with which the students acquire the solid bases that are functional and universal in tango that will allow them to understand and incorporate the technique and to enable them to develop a personal dance.
Mónica masters the technique of the Tango Salon, of the Milonguero Style, the Vals Cruzado and the Milonga. In addition, she specializes in Technique for followers and has taught many classes and workshops on this subject.

Steven Cook has performed and/or taught with Carina Moeller, Monica Paz, Brigitta Winkler and Sabina Wolfson. He has taught for Triangulo, Tango Cafe, and Ukraine in New York City. He is resident instructor for Asada Milonga and has taught for Pocono Tango, Firehouse Tango, and at festivals such as Tango Extravaganza, Slovenia Tango Camp as well as in Berlin and Portugal. Steven began his career as a dancer with Chicago Ballet. He later danced with the Houston Ballet and on Broadway in the musical “Doonesbury”. Steven has been teaching movement to actors at the Stella Adler Studio since 1995 where he has directed over 30 plays. He has been a guest teacher/director for National Shakespeare Conservatory, National Theater of the Deaf, and Cirque du Soleil.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Apr 13: Performance by Jerry and Christine Lopez, DJ Yesim

This Friday, join guest DJ Yesim and Jerry and Christine Lopez at Tango Lounge for great music, an awesome performance and lots of do-it-yourself tango!


Jerry and Christine are dancing in Mariela Franganillo's show tonight and will join us to perform at midnight.


Classes with Jennifer Wesnousky (intermediate + upper level) and  Paul Pellicoro (beginners).
These classes are at 8.30 and included with the price of admission!


Performance by Jerry and Christine Lopez around midnight.


More about our stars:

With a professional dance partnership founded back in 2001, Jerry and Christine are currently one of the most versatile and highly sought out couples in the United States. Building upon their extensive and professionally diverse dance careers with over a decade of experience including Modern, Contemporary, Musical Theatre, Latin, Hustle and Ballroom; in 2004, both found themselves increasingly drawn towards the intoxicatingly beautiful Argentine Tango. Possessing a mix of Modern and Classic style and known for their razor sharp technique as well as their earthy and expressive performance style, they draw in audiences with their storytelling choreographies as well as their dynamic improvisational skills; rapidly becoming one of the top couples teaching, performing and choreographing throughout the country. 


Jerry and Christine have been cast as principal dancers in Theatre; Gypsy Tango, Amor De Tango, Eras Del Tango; Film and Television alongside artists such as Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony “El Cantante”, Vanessa Williams “South Beach". Their most current project is the comedy feature film “Tony Tango”, working as featured dancers, actors and choreographers. They have repeatedly been invited to perform at prestigious venues such as; Miami Tango Fantasy Festival, New York’s Celebrate Tango Week, Paris-France, Festival de Tango de Isabela-Puerto Rico and The International Hustle and Salsa Congress. In addition, Jerry & Christine have been featured in high profile shows with some of the world’s top partnership dance couples and performed  in the same line up with Dance Stars such as Jorge Torres, Graciela Gonzalez, Karina Smirnoff (DWTS), World Cabaret Champions Billy Fajardo & Katie Marlow, just to name a few...
                                                                            
As teachers, Jerry & Christine are highly recognized for their infectious enthusiasm; passionate energy and their genuine interest in the development of their students. Because Tango is known to be one the most intriguing and challenging dance genres in the world, J&C believe in providing a simple, clear and straightforward approach to this enigmatic dance. They focus on movement at its most basic level, creating a strong technical foundation while developing body awareness, muscle memory, alignment, pliability and power as well as placing strong emphasis on improvisation, technique and etiquette for the social dance floor. They believe anyone can learn to dance and teach by the same formula they use; discipline, dedication, consistency and a positive attitude equal success. 

Friday, April 6, 2012

April 6: Monica and Omar Ocampo

This week join us at Tango Lounge for a milonga class (upper level) with Monica and Omar Ocampo (BsAs)


8.30 classes included with admission:
Upper level milonga with guest artists Monica and Omar
Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky
Beginners with Paul Pellicoro


Performance by Monica and Omar at midnight


DJ Tine



Omar Ocampo and Monica Romero
Monica Romero was born in Buenos Aires, the daughter of famous artist Estela Raval and singer and musician Ricardo Romero. She studied jazz and modern dance, studying and performing with prestigious choreographers and dancers such as Nuri Cid, Beatriz and Victor Ferrari and Moira Chapman. In 1984 she reached a turning point in her career when she met Omar Ocampo. They married and established 'Los Ocampo.'
Omar Ocampo was born in Entre Rios and started his professional dance career at an early age, dancing with the Ballet Folklorico Nacional of Santiago Ayala, 'El Chucaro' and Norma Viola for 11 years. Omar Ocampo is the best folk dancer of Argentina and is a judge of the 'Danzas Argentinas Competition.' They've been travelling together performing the tango around the world since 1988 notably with the Tango Pasion company.
For more about Los Ocampo, check out their website:
www.losocampo.com.ar